The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, whose decisions control in New York, recently ruled on whether an individual was qualified to receive the benefit of a reasonable accommodation during the pre-application testing process. Read on to understand how this case affects your own hiring procedures.
Background
Ike Williams, who is deaf and a locksmith by trade, sued MTA Bus Company under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973—which incorporates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standard—alleging discrimination based on his hearing disability when he was denied the assistance of an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter for the MTA’s knowledge-based pre-employment examination for an assistant stock worker position.
